OREANDA-NEWS. At the beginning of September, at Zaporozhstal, a blast furnace in a festive atmosphere produced its jubilee 200 millionth ton of pig iron. Moreover, at the end of the month, numerous guests got together at the commissioning of a unique aspiration unit at the sintering shop. At present the electric precipitators of this unit catch and return to production cylcle 25% of iron-containing dust, reports plant's press-service.

Apart from these significant events in the life of the Works, excellent results were gained in all production fields. The monthly plan was fulfilled according to all the main indices: 478, 272 (10% up) tons of sinter were produced, pig iron - 300378 tons (104,6% growth) which is 13078 tons more than planned, steel - 366,366 tons (103% growth) and rolled products - 305944 tons (102% growth).

In the current month, not only the production tasks are to be fulfilled, but also certain measures are to be taken to reduce the prime cost of products and to prepare the Works for autumn and winter. It has been planned to produce 490 000 tons of sinter, 295.1 thousand tons of pig iron, 370.3 thousand tons of steel and 310 thousand tons of rolled metal in October.